In previous versions of Ultimate UI for Windows Forms, when a toolbar is docked to the top or bottom (or floating), the tools are arranged from left to right with their text displaying horizontally. When a toolbar is docked to the left or right, the tools are arranged from top to bottom with their text displaying vertically. This is similar to how toolbars behave in Microsoft® Office and Visual Studio®.
By using the new ToolOrientation property of the ToolbarSettings class, you can now specify whether you want the tool to display horizontally or vertically, despite how the toolbar is docked. By setting the ToolOrientation property to Horizontal , the tool (as well as the tool’s text) will be oriented as if it were attached to a horizontal toolbar, even though it may be attached to a vertical toolbar. If you were to set the ToolOrientation property to Vertical , the tool (as well as its text) will be oriented as if it were attached to a vertical toolbar.